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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Border Bearded Iris ORINOCO FLOW

I purchased this Iris this season as it
fascinated me with its dark purple style arms and I am sure looking forward to it
blooming at home. Return to this post in a years time I will
have expanded my thoughts. Interesting that this iris is reported to slip between growing in some gardens at
tall bearded height and in other gardens its the height of the Border
Bearded class. English bred and registered in England in 1989 but it was not until 4 years later it was introduced in America
by the late George Sutton at his 'Sutton's Green Thumber Nursery' in 1993.
The Iris Yearbook (BIS), 1991,"BIS Garden
Trails 1991", page 54, Bryan Dodsworth.
'Orinoco Flow' (Bartlett) TB. This striking blue/purple on white
plicata with only the thinnest of stitching round the fall
margins. Form and substance, bud count and branching are
excellent, the last being unusual in a plicata in that it is just
as good an lateral as in the vertical plane. In consequence the
crisp compact flowers are in perfect balance with the stem. It has
confounded its breeder by attaining TB stature in every garden in
spite of its BB tag.(Blue Staccato' X 'Raziza)

The Iris Yearbook (BIS), 1992,"Florence 1992", page 49,
H.R.Jeffs.
The Border Bearded competition produced a worthy winner for Cy
Bartlett in 'Orinoco
Flow'. It smothered itself in stems and Flowers, and also gained
the Best Commercial award by its share exuberance. This vigorous variety is a violet on white plicata with many buds
and a long season. It's success at Florence confirms that at Wisley
- a splendid garden Iris.

Contemporary Views, 1993, Perry Dyer– Border Beardeds
ORINOCO FLOW (Bartlett 1993), from England, has the basic colors of its
mother, 'Blue Staccato' (Gibson 1977), but in a scaled-down version,
more floriferous, and with heavier markings in the standards. The base
color is pure white, and the stitching is a glowing indelible ink in
indigo. It might be right on that imaginary dotted line between classes,
between BB and TB, but an occasional “overflow” won’t keep me from
growing this wonderful new plic.

The Iris Yearbook (BIS), 1994,"The Dykes Medal 1994", page
10, H.R.Jeffs.
The Dykes Medal for 1994 has been awarded to Mr. C.E.C Bartlett
for his Border Bearded Iris 'Orinoco
Flow'. This is is an extremely vigourous and free flowering
variety which has attracted a lot of attention during its
brief career. It started off with a seedling commendation
from the BIS in 1986 and was selected for Trial at Wisley in
1989. It was planted in the Tall Bearded Trial of the year
grew consistently shorter than 28" and was transferred to
the Intermediate Bearded Trial in 1992, where it will be in
its third year in 1995.
Cy sent it to Florence where was judged in 1992 and won the
Adriana Gardi Cup (for Border Bearded Irises) . It made two
splendid clumps with masses of spikes and flowers, and was
very highly thought of by the judges.
Starting life as a seedling BS-R-1 (Blue Staccato' X
'Raziza) 'Orinoco Flow' was registered in 1989. The
standards are white, heavily stitched with deep purple-blue
on the edges. The falls have a white ground with heavy
plicata markings at the haft and the top edges. These are
set off by a navy blue beard and deep purple style arms. The
whole is well ruffled and it has a slight sweet scent. The
rapid growth and free flowering qualities will, I am sure,
make many friends. H.R.J.

IRIS Flowers of the Rainbow, Graeme Grosvenor
'Orinoco Flow' (Bartlett 1993) 63cm White ground plicata with dark blue
edging and navy blue beards. This Iris won the English Dykes Medal in
1994 for Cy Bartlett and, as seen in Florence 1992 when it won the
border bearded class, it is the best border beaded Iris available.I
think it was the best Iris of any type that I saw in Europe and cannot
recommend it highly enough.

IRISES A Gardener's Encyclopedia, Claire AustinIris 'Orinoco Flow' (C Bartlett 1989)
This white-and-violet plicata is the only Border Bearded Iris to have
been awarded the Dykes Medal by the British Iris Society. The flowers
are very ruffled, although the ruffling is lighter on the falls. The
beards are blue, and the flower is heavily scented. Height; 64 cm(25½ in.) Bloom; early to late-season. Parentage; 'Blue Staccato' X 'Raziza'. Dykes Medal Winner UK 1994.

Don't forget if you get a moment take a visit to The British Iris Society web site listed in the International Iris Link page above.
A big hat tip once again to Julie May for her very fine photo.
As usual, clicking the above image will take you to the larger, higher resolution version.
Photo credit and copyright Julie May.

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